ABSTRACT
The relation between socialist ideology and landscape was deeply rooted in the basis of the communist and socialist thought. The main goal of the Soviet, and then all socialist, architecture and urban design was the pursuit of the fullest possible human development, as the highest value of socialist society. The main goal of the Soviet, and then all socialist, architecture and urban design was the pursuit of the fullest possible human development, as the highest value of socialist society. Socialist architecture and landscapes had been created in relation to both aspects of socialism: the humanist ideology of helping the poor and the Marxist oppression machine. Socialist economic planning began soon after the war in most Central European countries with the introduction of reconstruction plans, usually of two or three years' duration. The third congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany decided to erect a steel mill, the Eisenhttenkombinat Ost, and an adjacent residential city.
